#29: Jaro Levinsky – Full time Coach, Husband & Father

Today you are going to listen to Jaro Levinksy, Jaro was a professional player himself reaching a career high of #239 in singles & #24 in doubles. Immediately after retiring as a pro he went into coaching & has been at the Schuettler-Waske Tennis University & the private coach for Schuettler himself. He has had coaching stints with Sergiy Stakhovsky, Yen-Hsun Lu & the junior player Olga Fridman. Jaro has been a consultant for the Turkish Tennis Federation & is currently the coach of Anna Karolina Schmiedlova In this conversation you’ll get to know: – How Jaro goes about traveling full time on the tour while having a wife & a small child – The difference on coaching an established professional player & an up and coming junior – Why it’s essential to set limits as a coach & how to do it Enjoy the show! Timestamps 02:00 Own playing career – why coaching 03:11 The steps that took Jaro into professional Coaching 06:20 The most important lesson learned at Schuetler-Waske 08:05 Coaching Rainer Schuetler 11:45 Similarities & differences on coaching a young & an older guy on tour 13:03 Traveling as a tennis coach while having a kid 15:05 How to balance traveling that much away from your family 16:37 Difference in working with an established player & a junior player 19:08 Differences in working on ATP & WTA Tour 20:37 The Turkish Federation 24:31 How Hrbarty would describe Jaro’s look on tennis 26:38 How the players on tour have changed 28:17 Setting limits as a tennis coach 30:59 Why you need to push players outside of their comfort zone 32:15 How to get players outside of their comfort zone in practices 33:20 Nothing tastes better than winning 33:46 Most important characteristics in a tennis player 34:24 Decision making skills 36:17 Efficient practices 39:40 Playing Pokemon is biggest waste of time on tour